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COMBINED TABLE AND DESK.

No. 328,302. Patented Oct. 13, 1885 7 b F M UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES E. FAGERBERG, OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS.

COMBINED TABLE AND DESK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 328,302, dated October13, 1885. Application filed March 11, 1885. Serial No. 158,437. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. FAGER- BERG, a native of Sweden, residingin the city of Rockford, in the county of W'innebago and State ofIllinois, have invented a new and useful Combined Table and Desk, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to produce an article of furnitureembodying the features of atable, a writing-desk, and cabinet to containwriting material or other articles, and made adjustable to render itconvenient for the purposes for which it is intended. To this end I havedesigned and constructed the table represented in the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure l is an isometrical representation of a tableembodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical central section. Fig. 3 isan isometrical representation of the table opened, and Fig. 4 is anelevation with table inclined.

The pedestal portion of my improved table in this instance consists ofbracket-formed legsA and platforms B and O, framed into the legs andsecurely fixed in place, producing a pedestal rectangular in plan. Theplatforms B and G are provided with central openings to receive a screw,D, freely. Ascrew-nut, E, threaded to receive the screw D, is placed onthe platform 0, and having its flanged base supported to rotate in therabbeted inner edge of a washer, F, fixed to the upper face of theplatform 0 in such a manner that the screw may be rotated in thescrew-nut, or the screwnut may be rotated on the screw, to raise orlower the screw in either case. The table proper is produced in boxform, with edge walls, consisting in this instance of a frieze, G,base-molding H, and crown-molding I, joined to each other and to theedges of a batten, K, forming a rectangular box-cabinet, separated intoapartmentsin this instance an inkstand-receptacle, a, pen-rack apartmentI), and apartments 0, d, e, and h, to contain paper, envelopes, or otherarticles necessary or convenient in a writing-desk. This portion of thetable is provided with an inner lid, L, having a hinged connection withthe box to fold over and close the apartments, and

forms a writing-leaf. The corner of the inner lid covering theinksfand-receptacle is provided with an opening of hour-glass form,which opening is provided with a valve, 2', centrally pivoted in theopening and capable of an oscillatory movement on its pivotal support,to open and close the opening, and when in its open position, at a rightangle to the lid, will expose the inkstand to permit ink to be takentherefrom through the opening by a pen. The table is also provided withan upper or outer leaf, M, having a hinged connection with theboxportion to fold over the inner lid and form the table-top, and capableof an open position in the plane of the closed inner lid, forming a sideextension of the writingleaf of the table. This leaf M, when extended,is supported on a slide, N, drawn out from the box portion of the tablein which it is incased. A spring'actuated stud, k, is employed toreceive the free edge of the outer leaf, M, when closed, in such amanner that when the leaf is unlocked its spring action will lift thelid from its recessed position to be readily opened. The ends of thecabinet are fitted on their under edge with semicircular rocker-likeportions P, having their under inner face provided with aninwardprojecting segment, Z, to enter a circular groove formed for theirreception in the end of a tablet, R, fixed on the upper end of the screwD. The outer upper portion of the grooves in the ends of the tablet Rare provided with rollers m, to receive the peripheral surface of thesemicircular ends I, and of the segments Z, fixed to the inner facethereof. The side edges of the tablet R are fitted with a molding, n,which rises above the upper face of the tablet, forming a shelf, onwhich books or other articles may be placed, and the moldings n arereturned on the ends of the tablet R, overlapping the joint-connectionof semicircular ends of the cabinet, and furnish end bearings for therollers m. The end return portions of the molding n are omitted in Fig.4 to show the position of the rollers m, on which the cabinet issupported.

The tablet R is provided with a thumbscrew, 19, to engage the inner faceof the segment Z, to fix the cabinet in position when adjusted.

By this construction the cabinet may be inclined in opposite directionsto any extent within the limits of the device, and when adjusted can beheld in its adjusted position by means of the thumb-screw, and by meansof its screw-support upon the pedestal the cabinet is capable of avertical adjustment to vary its height, and can be swiveled to face inany direction without shifting the pedestal.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination of the herein-describedtable-cabinet provided at its under side with fiat semicircularsupports, a standard or base provided with a horizontal base'tablethaving its upper surface flat, and made with openings corresponding tothe fiat supports, to receive the same, the said supports beingadjustable in the openings, and means for fixing them in adjustedposition, as set forth.

2. The combination of the herein-described table-cabinet provided at itsunder side with semicircular supports, and standard or basesupportprovided with a vertically-adjustable horizontal base-tablet, to receivethe said semicircular supports, and in which they are adjustable, andmeans for fixing said supports in adjusted position, substantially asshown and set forth.

3. The combination of'the herein-described table-cabinet provided at itsunder side with semicircular supports, with a base-tablet provided withanti-friction rollers upon which said supports rest and are adjustable,and means, substantially as described, for fixing said supports in anyadjusted position, as set forth.

4. In atable, substantially as described, the combination, with thehinged outer leaf or lid providedwith alock or catch,and abeadsurrounding it when closed, of a spring-actuated stud to lift the freeend of said leaf or lid, as 7 set forth.

CHARLES E. FAGERBEIRG. Witnesses:

O. F. ANDERSON, A. O. BEHEL.

